Orkla ASA shares show a positive technical situation which suggests a continuation of the upward dynamic over the medium term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
Orkla ASA is one of the leading Norwegian industrial groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- manufacture of food and consumer products (97.9%): food products (pizzas, sauces, seafood, prepared meals, fruits, chocolates, ingredients, delicatessen products, etc.), consumer products (detergents, clothing, cosmetics, personal hygiene, etc.), household cleaning products, professional cleaning products, etc.;
- hydroelectric power generation (2.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Norway (22.2%), Sweden (18%), Denmark (9.9%), Finland (9.5%), Baltic States (4.1%), Iceland (1.5%), Europe (27.3%) and other (7.5%).
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